A homeless man who helped find a dog stolen from the Humane Society of Huron Valley last month has received a $500 reward.

The 3-month-old, long-haired Dachshund named Aristotle was stolen from his cage during a break-in at the Humane Society shelter in mid-April. Shelter workers offered a reward for the return of the animal, which had a medical condition requiring treatment.

When Ann Arbor Police Officer Brett Hansen read a newspaper story about the stolen dog, he recalled that he had seen the dog with what appeared to be a homeless man in downtown Ann Arbor. Hansen went to a church breakfast for the homeless and one of the men there directed Hansen to where the suspect and dog were staying in a tent off South Industrial Avenue.

The dog was found at that location and returned to the Humane Society. It doing well after being adopted by a woman a few weeks ago, said Deb Kern, marketing director of the local Humane Society.

Kern said the agency gave the $500 reward to the man at the church breakfast who helped Hansen find the suspect who had taken the dog. The suspect was arrested, but details of charges against him weren't available Thursday.